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The Hooping Life

The Hooping Life

It's a movie, it's a movement.

NR 2014 · 70 min · ★ 8.7 · Documentary

Learn the origins and rise of modern day hula-hooping through eight extraordinary stories of hoop devotees who have embraced it as an art form, a teaching aid, and even an instrument of redemption. From the streets, to intimate clubs, to giant arenas, we alternate between self-filmed video diaries, verité documentary footage, and spectacularly filmed performances in an attempt to celebrate the healing power of movement and the spirit of human inventiveness.

Directed by Amy Goldstein

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